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Reset BIOS Password before installing fresh copy

15th February 2014, 15:42

I have a server that had registry errors so I had to reformat the hard drive.
I have a fresh copy of Windows Server 2008 Standard.
I have forgot the password to BIOS and was wondering if I remove the battery on the motherboard would that reset the password.
I know doing that would delete all the driver information.
The USB ports would are hard wired into the motherboard and BIOS should still be in control of them.
So if I install Windows Server 2008 Standard thru the USB then I should be alright.

Comment

Reset the BIOS password will only reset your custom BIOS settings, it would not effecting your OS drivers.

Becareful, let say your server BIOS has been modified to run RAID configuration. But the defualt setting was using non-RAID. You will run into an issue of booting or let the BIOS recognize the setting..

The BIOS password setup by the Admin for a reason. Maybe they don't want anyone else to change the settings without knowing the settings.